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June 10, 1942

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Headlines from June 10, 1942

British Submarine Sinks 5 Ships In Axis Mediterranean Convoys; AXIS LOSES 5 SHIPS IN MEDITERRANEAN

By Raymond Daniellwireless To the New York Times

Ital rept on own, Mediterranean and USSR fronts, May

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If in Doubt, Put It Out

By Unknown Author

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Ship Is Torpedoed Off the West Coast

By the Associated Press

U S Navy repts 1 death after torpedoing of U S merchantman; Sen Bone says sinking occurred off northern tip of Wash State; 50 survivors landed, West Coast

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SOVIET BASE HOLDS; Besiegers Thrown Back With Great Losses, Moscow Claims CITY POUNDED FROM AIR Civilians Help to Fight Fires -- Germans Admit Stiff Defense Makes Task Difficult Sevastopol Repels Heavy Nazi Attack; Crimean Port Takes Large Toll of Foe CRIMEAN PORT HOLDS

By Ralph Parkerwireless To the New York Times

Sevastopol holds as Germans are repulsed with huge losses; city pounded from air; civilians help fight fires; Germans admit stiff defense; USSR warships aid in city's defense; German version; map

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Claims of Tokyo On Berlin Radio

By the United Press

Berlin radio repts Jap claims of several points occupied

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Notable Births

1942Gordon Burns, Northern Irish journalist^[†]

Gordon Henry Burns is a Northern Irish retired journalist and broadcaster. He was the host of The Krypton Factor for its original 18-year run (1977–1995) and was the chief anchorman for the BBC regional news programme North West Tonight from January 1997 to October 2011. In November 2011, he moved back to Belfast where he was born.

1942Chantal Goya, French singer and actress^[†]

Chantal de Guerre, known as Chantal Goya, is a French singer and actress.

1942Arthur Hamilton, Lord Hamilton, Scottish lawyer and judge^[†]

Arthur Campbell Hamilton, Lord Hamilton,, is a Scottish judge and served as Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session from November 2005 until 8 June 2012, succeeding Lord Cullen.

1942Preston Manning, Canadian politician^[†]

Ernest Preston Manning is a retired Canadian politician. He was the founder and the only leader of the Reform Party of Canada, a Canadian federal political party that evolved into the Canadian Alliance in 2000 which in turn merged with the Progressive Conservative Party to form today's Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. Manning represented the federal constituency of Calgary Southwest in the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 until his retirement in 2002. He served as leader of the Official Opposition from 1997 to 2000.

Historical Events

1942World War II: The Lidice massacre is perpetrated as a reprisal for the assassination of Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich.^[†]

The Lidice massacre was the complete destruction of the village of Lidice in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, which is now a part of the Czech Republic, in June 1942 on orders from Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and acting Reichsprotektor Kurt Daluege, successor to Reinhard Heydrich. It has gained historical attention as one of the most documented instances of German war crimes during the Second World War, particularly given the deliberate killing of children.